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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4100 

To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 

to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located 

in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2015 

Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight 

of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY FROM 

4 EPA TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

3 of Engineers. 

4 (2) SITE.—The term ‘‘site’’ means the West 

5 Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

6 (b) TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, as soon as practicable after the date of enact8 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

10 Action Program, undertake the functions and activi11 ties described in section 611 of the Energy and 

12 Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000 (10 

13 U.S.C. 2701 note; 113 Stat. 502) as the lead agency 

14 responding to radioactive contamination at the site; 

15 and 

16 (2) carry out remediation activities at the site 

17 in accordance with that section. 

18 (c) COST RECOVERY.—The Secretary, in coordina19 tion with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec20 tion Agency and the Attorney General, shall— 

21 (1) seek to recover any response costs incurred 

22 by the Secretary in carrying out this section in ac23 cordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Re24 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

25 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); and 


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1 (2) return any funds that are recovered under 

2 paragraph (1) to be used to carry out the Formerly 

3 Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program of the 

4 Corps of Engineers. 

5 (d) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use amounts 

6 made available to the Secretary to carry out the Formerly 

7 Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program to carry out this 

8 section. 

9 (e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 

10 (1) NO LIABILITY.—Nothing in subsection (b) 

11 creates liability for— 

12 (A) the Secretary for— 

13 (i) contamination at the site; or 

14 (ii) any actions or failures to act by 

15 any past, current, or future licensees, own16 ers, operators, or users of the site; or 

17 (B) any other party involved with the site. 

18 (2) NO EFFECT ON LIABILITY UNDER OTHER

19 LAW.—Nothing in subsection (b) alters the liability 

20 of any party relating to the site under any other 

21 provision of law. 

22 (3) NO EFFECT ON SUPERFUND STATUS; NA23 TIONAL PRIORITIES LIST DESIGNATION.—Nothing in 

24 this Act affects the designation of the site as a 

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1 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

2 of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) or the listing of 

3 the site on the national priorities list under section 

4 105 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9605). 

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